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NY S 7579

in committee

Addresses the elementary literacy gap by empowering student and parental engagement with an evidence-based home reading program

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 7579 pass?

Not yet. NY S 7579 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO EDUCATION

What is NY S 7579 about?

Provides grants to nonprofit organizations that provide eligible home reading programs that provide independent reading level books that are individually mailed to the residences of kindergarten through fifth grade students on a weekly basis.

Who sponsors NY S 7579?

Cordell Cleare is the primary sponsor of NY S 7579, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Provides grants to nonprofit organizations that provide eligible home reading programs that provide independent reading level books that are individually mailed to the residences of kindergarten through fifth grade students on a weekly basis.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Cordell Cleareprimary
  • Kevin S. Parkercosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-04-22

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

    referral-committee

Versions

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 10691not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 6983not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 5107

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S7579?summary=&detail=

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